Every Little Mexican Analysis

Scott Russell Sanders’ “Under the Influence” is about a family growing up with alcoholism, mental and physical abuse. When Sanders was very young, he didn’t recognize that his father was an alcoholic, but as he grew older, he saw the bloodshot eyes, hiding alcohol, the deceptions, and the dual personalities of an alcoholic. “My father drank. He drank as a gut-punched boxer gasps for breath, as a starving dog gobbles food—compulsively, secretly, in pain and trembling.” (215). Sanders story starts at the end, where his father dies from alcoholism. The turmoil and fear this family suffered because of their father’s alcoholism, is a story a lot of families are familiar with.

Primarily, Sanders obtains the trust of the audience by establishing a common struggle. The intended audience of Sanders’ essay includes the sons or daughters of alcoholic parents. By sharing his personal testimony, Sanders reveals to the audience to have experienced the same

“Alcohol addiction stunts the spiritual, emotional and mental growth of a person”~Anonymous. Sherman Alexie’s novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, is a book based off the author’s teenage life. The novel is about a poor 14 year old named Junior who faced numerous challenges in his life. Junior has experienced bullying, he was called a traitor for following his dreams, got in a huge fight with his best friend and lost three very important people in his life because of alcohol. Fortunately in the end, Junior got through the pain and lived on but he learned many lessons. One of the lessons Junior learned was that the fall into addiction, in this situation alcohol, leads to a great deal of misery for the individual and those

¨In the morning he would wake up groaning like the demon in a Kabuki drama; he would vomit and then start sipping again. He terrified us all, lurching around the tiny room, cursing in Japanese and swinging his bottles wildly,¨ (Houston 50-51). This is a quote from the book Farewell to Manzanar. In this point of the book Jeanne’s father was an alcoholic. He would drink himself to sleep every night and just wake up and do it again. As a child it is hard to go through this because you can never really understand why a father would do this. Especially when he has a loving family that is there for him during it all. It’s hard to comprehend why someone would put themselves through that physical state knowing that it was hurting the ones they love.

Luckily, Thomas and Victor were okay; however, Arnold’s problem with alcohol does not stop with this horrible mistake. For years he continued to drink and abuse his wife and son, Victor. When Arnold’s wife could not take it anymore, Arnold left the family and moved far away, missing most of his son’s life. My family has also had this problem. I have never been a victim of child abuse, but my father’s abuse of alcohol has impacted me in many ways. When I was about seven, I was told that my dad was leaving because of his alcoholism. I did not understand at the time the significance of my parents getting a divorce, but having lived ten years without my father, I feel I can relate to Victor in many ways. My dad has missed so many important events in my life, such as making the cheerleading squad, my first prom, and even the day I got my license. After seeing this movie I realized that even if my dad could recover from alcoholism, it could never make up for all the years we lost together. Lives are ruined by this terrible addiction everyday; not only the alcoholic’s life, but also the lives of those who love them.

Everyone needs an “escape” from their reality at times. Alexie’s story about his family being alcoholics brought up strong emotions for me. He explains, “Like many kids in that situation, I learned to retreat into myself” (Alexie 42). Every family has their own struggles behind closed doors. For

A person who frequently crosses the US-Mexican border and feels at home on both sides of the border.

Twenty-one years old my middle brother began to drink constantly on a regular basis. Problems back home had influenced him in drinking, but also the people he correlated himself with back then. He took quite some time to overcome his addiction, but during his intoxicated moments he resembled that of Victor’s family. One night during my brother’s intoxication my brother had come down to our house to get away. When my brother rang the doorbell, I quickly rushed towards the door, opening it to find my brother’s eyes bloodshot red. Walking in face forwards he slowly took what felt like one hundred paces to our red couch, which already contained a few broken springs on the left cushion. Once reaching the target he plopped down like a heavy book

Ways that I strive to perfect my Spanish is by asking my parents and relatives specific questions about...and by encouraging critiques when I .... For instance, my grandfather made me see how “duro” should not be used when saying something is difficult to do, rather it more accurate if you say “dificil”. This lets me see how the Spanish language is as complex as the English Language with words being used with the wrong connotation. FOr example, My Father is from El Salvador and my mom is MExican, and through them i see how each area has words that mean the same thing. For “straw” my mom tends to say”popote” while my dad calls it a “pajilla”, showing how different countries use different words to refer to the same item.. My spanish tends to

Alcoholism is a severe disease that affects many people around the world. The person that the learner chose to write this paper about is a 30+ year alcoholic. The disease has taken a toll on said person, as well as on the family. Alcohol is the most dangerous recreational drug to use (Comer, 2011). It affects millions of families across the world as well as social relationships (Comer, 2014). The first thing the subject did as they awoke was cough and spit severely as if they were chocking. The subject went outside and continued to gag and cough, each time louder. The subject went back inside, walked to their room, and opened up a beer that was in one of the dressers. This was the routine that said person did daily. The subject also spent most of their time in their room, or outside talking on the phone while intoxicated. The subject called their parents while intoxicated and mentioned that they forgave their dad. It is likely that the subject went through some sort of trauma as a child with their father. As the day went by, the subject would drink until intoxicated, which took about three beers. The learner thought this was odd because the subject had been drinking so long, however, this happens to severe alcoholics whose liver doesn’t function as well. The subject became intoxicated and the behavior of the subject changed drastically. The subject went from being very antisocial, sitting in their bedroom watching TV, to talking to the other family members, becoming

In “The Boarding House,” we are introduced to a family that has been affected negatively by alcohol. We start off with

Previously, there had been a night when my brother, Trevor, never came home. My mother and I received a call in the morning from a police officer asking us to pick Trevor up from the downtown “drunk house.” I thought after this scare he may have jolted back to reality, but he persisted.

His feet hit the floor with a thud and the door flies open. The squeak of the hinges alerts me of his presence. My brother enters the room. He throws himself onto the love seat that sits across the room from the TV. I smile and pick up his player one controller

In the book “Dubliners”, the author, James Joyce, used many different short stories to present the style of life that he had been evidently witnessed in the Dublin of 1904. More importantly, one of the main themes in the book that he really wants to point out is alcohol causes serious problems on various individual’s lives and on those around them. As a child of a drunkard, Joyce truly understands how alcohol ruining his happy family life. Because his father is a drunkard, he and his family lost their comfortable home and suffer from the condition of poverty. Therefore, Joyce used many short story such as “counterparts”, “A Painful Case”, and “Araby” to show that alcohol can destroy people’s hope, reduce individual and other people’s credibility, reduce individual’s efficiency of work, and even can take away individual’s life.

Koren first started drinking at her friend’s summer cottage. She was only fourteen when she took her first sip of alcohol. That first sip changed her life. She had mentioned that her first sip of alcohol was with her friend Natalie and compared the experience to deflowering, the same way someone does when they lose their virginity. She did not like her first taste of Southern Comfort, even though the look and the smell reminded her of apple cider, spicy yet sweet. After that day, Koren’s perspective changed that led her down a very dangerous unhealthy path towards self-destruction. Even though the taste was bad the way it made her feel made her addicted. She liked the way alcohol made her come out of her quite shell. It made her bolder and daring, which she liked, especially because of the new friends and the attention it gave her as a result.